Solomon shetter



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IMPROVEMENT IN PLoUeHs, POTATMLANTNRS, AND screens coMBINsD.

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Be it known that I, SOLOMON SHETTNR, of New Cumberland, in the county of Hancock, and State of West Virginia, have invented a new and improved Plough, Potato-Planter, and Seeding-Machine; and I do hereby 'i declare that the followinglis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, referenccbeinghad tothe accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. l This invention relates to a new and improvedcombinatiou ot' a plough, potato-planter, and seeding-machine;

and it consists in the employment or use ot an endless carrying-apron, operated from a traction-wheelpand arranged and applied in connection with a hopper, plough, and a covering-share, as hereinafter fully 'shown and described, whereby seed-potatoes and other seed may be planted expeditiously, and in a thorough manner. In the accompanying sheet of drawings-1 v Figure 1 .is a side sectional view ot my invention, taken in the line a: x, tig. 3.

Figure'f is a horizontal section ofthe same, taken in the line y y, fig. 1.

Figure 3, a side sectional view of a modification of iig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents a plough, connected to a beam, B, and handles, O C, in the usual way. These parts being old and well known, do not require a special descriptionfas they comprise the ordinary and well-known plough; D represents ahopper, attached to the beam B, andhaving a tubev or chamber, E, at its front part, which extends upward to the top ofthe hopper, and projects some distanceibelow its lower cnd, as shown clearly in gs. 1 and 3. In the lower end of the tube or chamber E the axle-a of a wheel, F, is ttcd, a pulley, G, being on said axle, and a similar pulley, G', is atvthe upper end of the partition I), which is between the tube or chamber E and the hopper D. On these two pulleys an endless b elt, II, is fitted, said belt having forked projections, I, attached, as shown in iigsll and 2.v .At the bottom et' the hopper D there is a chamber or box, J, in which there are two lateral projections, c c. These projections are at such a distance apart that they will admit of the forked projections, I, passing up between them, and at thesame time ret-ain vthe potato-seed (shown in red in iig. 1)in the hopper. l

From the above description the operation will be readily seen. As the implement is drawn along, the wheel F will be rotated, and the endless belt H will bc moved in the direction indicated bythe arrow 1, and the forked projections, I, will carry the seedfpotatoes upward and discharge them over the upper end of the partition b, and they drop-down through the tube orchamber E into the furrow made by the plough A, a coveringshareJ at the rear of the plough, covering the potatoes.

In adapting the device for planting seed, buckets, K, are attached to the belt II, as shown in iig. 3, and the box J has a plate,'d, tted in it, to hold the seed, a bevel, e, at the lowerend of partition I1, admitting of the' buckets passing the end of plate d, the buckets being formed by attaching metal or wooden side pieces, f, and a bottom, y, to the belt, and cutting the belt all around the bucketsexcept at their upper ends, so that the cut portion will form the backs-ot` the buckets, the uncut portion forming the attachment and hinges for the buckets.

By this arrangement, seed andgrain may be sown or planted equally as well as potatoes.

Having thus described my invention, what claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The endless carrying or distributing-belt H, provided with buckets K, or forked projections I, in combination with the hopper D, tube or chamber E, plough A, and covering-share JX, al1 arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forthx The above specification of my invention signed by me, this 23d'day of October, 1867.

` soLoMoN SHETTER.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. Pnossnn, S. L. BEAUMONT. 

